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pristine mountain environments are for alpinism; ice climbing is just a form of cragging, don't kid yourself.

i liked the old skool drawn topos more than the photos too. mostly because i think they give better detail of the route as opposed to where it is on the crag which is more what you get with a photo.

i admit to smashing cappelini's nose but i dont think we needed to chopper or ski in to weeping wall... good old packed trails in the Rockies made by hundreds of eager ice lemmings... anyways it is usually more efficient and faster to snowshoe in to ice climbs than to ski in skiiing is for jibbing and picking up snow bunnies not a proper tool for approaches...if its skiiable terrain you could snowmobile it anyways and save time for climbing

money usually works. or you could steal one

come up with a better one, ExtremoMtnFlash! LOL!

Actually, I think Dwayner would have written "HAPPY YOM KIPPUR" today However would we remember all these holidays without the handy pocket calendar? For instance, Thursday, Oct 16 is 'National Boss Day'

skiing is to climbing what nutmeg is to mushrooms

ah, the infamously dogmatic catbirdseat generalization is it because you are a chemist (analytic type) or did you learn it from a Mountaineers instructor

skiing is an acceptable pastime only when climbing is climactically off line

Michelob ULTRA low carb beer for Atkins diet

Did you ever wonder why marylou kept posting the chatter link when it is prominently displayed on the sidebar

How much $$$ did you get paid to make the sidebar display mandatory? Can the little people turn it off?

What about the eastside Limestone roofs? Then again (Cairns will back me up on this cause he hiked up there with me to check it out) there is a 25+m roof hidden on the west side of the Squamish River in the forest. Canoe required for access. Offwidth crack right thru the middle too

"do or not do, there is no try"

Although the nude ascent was intended as a specific tribute to Guy Edwards, my research has uncovered a rich history of BC nude speed ascents. The oldest being the second ascent of the West Lion, when Chief J Capilano sent "one of his braves, stripped naked for speed, to repeat the route... up and down in under 15 minutes" c. 1903. I'm certain Lowell Skoog or Harry Majors can contribute a history of important Washington area naked ascents.

Kevin Mclane will be producing a new Squamish guidebook specifically for Washington climbers in the near future. Here are some selected grades from it: Diedre 5.0 Exasperator 5.7 Grand Wall 5.9. Split Pillar 5.7+ Freeway 5.10b University Wall 5.11a Genius Loci 5.12b

I met this 60 year old chick who cranks 10d and so on. Not only that but I heard two different 30 year olds call her a "hot babe". It's like she's the female Fred Beckey or some such!

cold temperatures when one is inadequately insulated, can depress one's immune system. the temperature does not make one sick - you can be cold in a germ free environment and stay healthy - but it increases ones vulnerability to any infectious agents floating about. for instance in a university.... i wear my supa puffy ghetto down parka all summer and in the rain and never get sick

i didnt take a good pic of the nw face of matier but here' s the icefall to the lake, on sunday.

is the guy one of those dudes who wears shorts year round?

statistical correlatiuon between breast implants and higher suicide rate pam anderson death watch?

Seen on the cover of O Magazine "Younger men... try one today."

The biggest mining industry in BC these days is mining cannabis. The "green gold rush"

Is Raci Sim the hot Sim that always comes over and tries to break up my Sim couple? THAT WENCH

i found some wicked crystals in the mine hidden in this photo it was full of water and rusted rails. or do you mean mines like: theree is also this place near squamish